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DUTCH CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2020

Programs - 23rd Feb
Programs - 23rd Feb  
26 October 2020, 05:30 am
DUTCH CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2020
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
DUTCH CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2020
A weekly screening of four award winning children’s films organized in collaboration with Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Delhi to celebrate National Children’s Day. Screenings will be held every Saturday and Sunday in November 2020. A link to the film is given below; the film can be accessed for a period of 36 hours from Saturday 9 am to Sunday 11:55 pm. The password for each film will be uploaded on the Centre’s Website and sent by email to all members
 
Saturday 31st October to Sunday 1st November 2020
My Giraffe (Dikkertje Dap)
(75 min; 2017; Dutch with English subtitles)
Director: Barbara Bredero
 
Patterson is best friends with his next door neighbour Raf the giraffe. The two are inseparable until Patterson starts school and realizes that Raf can't come with him. Unbeknownst to his teacher, Patterson hatches a brilliant plan to bring Raf to school and enjoy the company of his new friends.

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE

Programs - 23rd Feb
Programs - 23rd Feb  
26 October 2020, 05:30 am
ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE
 
Florence: A Virtual Tour (48 min)
A virtual tour of the ancient city of Florence (The Flourishing city) conducted by Caterina Brazzi Castracane, historian, author and tour guide
 
Florence, known as the birthplace of the Renaissance movement, started out as a Roman colony. It remained the secondary centre for many centuries until it started flourishing in the Middle Ages when it gained autonomy as a city-state, and then really blossomed in all its glory under the aegis of the Medici family. The home of some of the greatest Italian artists and of the Italian language thanks to Dante Alighieri. The tour will travel through the city’s history ending with the 17th century
 
An initiative of the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi and Bell’Italia 88
 

Virtual premiere of

Programs - 23rd Feb
Programs - 23rd Feb  
26 October 2020, 05:30 am
Virtual premiere of
Programme Type
Cultural
Virtual premiere of
Rain (23 min; 2020)
An ensemble work in Bharatanatyam choreographed by Justin McCarthy
 
Dancers: Veena Kumar, Priya Srinivasan and Abhinaya Penneswaran
Musicians: Venkateshwara Kuppuswamy (Carnatic vocal); Manohar Balatchandirane (mridangam); and Justin McCarthy (nattuvangam)
 
Video editing: Sandhya Kumar
 
A recently choreographed piece, it is partially based on verses from Kalidasa’s Ritusamhaaram, in which the expressional and technical aspect of dance responds to rain. Rain as conceived both in traditional poetry as well as rain in its simple mundane, aspects
 

India International Centre – and the Attributes of an Indian Modernism

Programs - 23rd Feb
Programs - 23rd Feb  
26 October 2020, 05:30 am
India International Centre – and the Attributes of an Indian Modernism
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
India International Centre – and the Attributes of an Indian Modernism
(24 min)
Illustrated lecture by Snehanshu Mukherjee, practicing architect and academic and partner in TEAM. He continues to pursue his academic interests and is currently, Adjunct Professor at Indian Institute of Art and Design
 
The talk is a personal exploration of the architecture of India International Centre as a reference to what constitutes an appropriate modernism in Indian architecture
 
Video recording of a lecture for IIC online programmes

FOCUS JAPAN

Programs - 23rd Feb
Programs - 23rd Feb  
26 October 2020, 05:30 am
FOCUS JAPAN
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
FOCUS JAPAN
Screening of NHK documentary films on Japan’s history, literature, art, culture and heritage. Organised with the support of NHK World and Embassy of Japan, New Delhi 
 
Niigata- The Deep Green of Summer 
(49 min; 2020; English)
 
Part of the series Cycle Around Japan, the documentary takes viewers on a 250-km ride through Niigata Prefecture, past green rice fields shimmering under the summer sun. Niigata is where much of Japan’s rice is grown and is also home to some of best craftsmen and artisans dedicated to perfecting their art. Climbing up into the mountains, the film presents a glimpse of the traditional style of river fishing and visits a breeder whose Nishikigoi carp are now world famous. 
 
 
 

Special webinar - India’s Heritage of Karuna and Ahimsa

26 October 2020, 05:30 am
Special webinar - India’s Heritage of Karuna and Ahimsa
Programme Type
Webcasts

Monday, 26 October 2020 from 8:45 am to 10 am

Special webinar

India’s Heritage of Karuna and Ahimsa

Speaker: H.H. the Dalai Lama

Welcome Address: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

Moderator: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of H.H. the Dalai Lama)
 
To access the Webinar, kindly please log onto

https://youtu.be/brLih1CsHKk
 

 

A Phoenix from the Ashes

Programs - 23rd Feb
Programs - 23rd Feb  
26 October 2020, 05:30 am
A Phoenix from the Ashes
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
A Phoenix from the Ashes
The destruction and reconstruction of Warsaw 1939-1955
 
The exhibition revisits one of the most critical chapters in the history of Poland, the destruction of the capital city of Warsaw by German troops and the inspiring reconstruction of the city after World War II. World War II and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 in particular, left the city with almost nothing to define its identity. Warsaw, the centre of cultural, political and social life, almost ceased to exist. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Warsaw was rebuilt and gradually brought back to life. This unique and pioneering nature of the reconstruction of the city was given its due recognition when Warsaw’s Old Town was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1980
 
Polish Architecture
An exhibition of photographs by some of the leading Polish architectural photographers on contemporary buildings
 
On view at the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex from 19th to 28th October 2020, 11 am to 7 pm daily
 
(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi)

Mapping Sustainable Agriculture: Media mein haashiye par krishi aur kisaan (Indian Media: Farmers on the Margins)

Programs - 23rd Feb  
23 October 2020, 04:00 pm
Mapping Sustainable Agriculture: Media mein haashiye par krishi aur kisaan (Indian Media: Farmers on the Margins)
Programme Type
Talks, Webcasts
 
 
Mapping Sustainable Agriculture
 
Media mein haashiye par krishi aur kisaan (Indian Media: Farmers on the Margins)
Speaker: Shri Harvir Singh, senior journalist and former Editor, Outlook Hindi
 
The lecture will be presented in Hindi
 
 
The three farm legislations have resulted in enormous interest in agriculture and for a change, have been widely covered by media across the board whether in print, broadcast or online.

Kindly please click on the registration link below:
http://webcast.streaminglive.in/iicwebinar2/signup.php
 
 
 

Africa’s Economic Response to COVID-19

21 October 2020, 04:00 pm
Africa’s Economic Response to COVID-19
Programme Type
Discussions, Webcasts
 
  Africa’s Economic Response to COVID-19

Speaker: Shri V. Srinivas, Additional Secretary, Govt. of India and Director General, National Center for Good Governance
 
Chair: H.E. Ms. Jainaba Jagne, High Commissioner of the Republic of Gambia
 
The COVID-19 pandemic is taking place in a context where African countries are battling rising debt, huge health infrastructure gaps and high employment which has limited the scale and effectiveness of government’s policy response. Government debt as a share of GDP has risen sharply in the past 5 years. Africa has witnessed a commodity price amidst the COVID-19. The pandemic is a call to African governments to close health infrastructure gaps, implement targeted social security programmes, and adopt economic diversification to overcome commodity price shocks.  
   
 

Music Appreciation Promotion In the Light of the Classical

12 February 2016, 05:30 am
Music Appreciation Promotion In the Light of the Classical
Programme Type
Cultural, Webcasts
Venue
Annexe Lecture Room II, IIC Annexe

Music Appreciation Promotion
 
In the Light of the Classical (84 min)
Presentation by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, a Hindi poet-critic who has written critically about classical music in Hindi and English besides establishing institutions of music and organising major events


Shri Vajpeyi will speak on the influence the classical music has had on him for nearly half a century as a poet, as a rasika, as an organiser etc. He would discuss aspects of my closeness with maestros such as Kumar Gandharva, Mallikaarjun Mansur, Zia Moiuddin Dagar in particular. The changing ethos, the dynamics of innovation, the declining knowledge about the classical music will also be analysed
 
Webcast recording of the IIC programme held on 12h February 2016

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